Phillip Read
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| Personal Info | |
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| Birth | October 20, 1979, |
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| Playing Career¹ | |
| Debut | Round 1, March 27, 1998, West Coast Eagles vs. North Melbourne, at Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Team(s) | West Coast Eagles (1998-2000 and 2003)
76 games, 24 goals Melbourne (2004-) 29 games, 7 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of 2005 season | |
| Career Highlights | |
Phil Read (born October 20, 1979) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.
[edit] West Coast Eagles
Drafted by the Eagles Read kicked 12 goals in 21 games in his rookie season. His most infamous moment as an Eagle was the so-called "Demolition Derby" in Round 21, 2000 when he fought a running battle with Fremantle's Dale Kickett and a number of other Docker players which led to Kickett being suspended for a total of 9 weeks and Read for two with a hefty fine for multiple wrestling offences.
Persistent injury problems forced him to miss the entire 2001 and 2002 seasons before returning in 2003 to play 11 games before being delisted at the end of the season.
[edit] Melbourne career
Selected by the Demons in the 2004 Pre-Season draft Read played 21 games in his first season for his new club but hamstring injuries struck again over the next two years and he was restricted to 8 games in 2005.
Read reappeared in the Melbourne seniors midway through the 2006 season but remained a bit-part player for the rest of the year. Despite a string of best-on-ground honors playing for Melbourne's reserve club Sandringham (including a 46 possession game) he was unable to break back into the Melbourne squad for the finals. Read was voted best on ground in Sandringham's Victorian Football League 2006 Grand Final victory over Geelong.
Phil Read has since been delisted.
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